Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Scientists find deadly virus in Arctic whales using drones that collect whale breath, a breakthrough non-invasive method for ...

Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...

A creature that is part human, part animal; this sounds like something out of a mythological sci-fi, or a blatant hoax. But thanks to some genius scientists, a creature like this is now a reality.

German scientists have relaunched a satellite system that will be used to track wildlife all across the globe. The “internet of animals” was first launched in 2020, in collaboration with Russian ...

A coastal wolf uses a buoy and rope to pull a crab trap, revealing planning, memory, and tool-like problem-solving in wild ...

We are delighted to present the inaugural “Women in Animal Science” series of article collections.At present, less than 30% ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction between ancient owls and solitary bees. About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund, as much as 60% of the animal population of Earth has disappeared between 1970 and 2014. This shocking statistic is in no small part down to human interference, ...

When considering the fastest animals on Earth, size seems like it should matter. Yet the cheetah, weighing around 50 ...

People walk by a giant sand art depiction of a humpback whale and calf filled with plastic on the beach in Whitby, England, in 2021. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images) Ocean plastic kills sea ...